Table 1

Summary of additional recruitment by category, number and cost, March–November 2020

Type of recruitment	Occupation	No of additional public sector recruitment (A)	Annual basic salary (B)	Annual market premium (C)	Estimated annual cost of remuneration (GHS) (TAR=A x (B+C))	Estimated annual cost of remuneration (US$)
Permanent employment	Accountant	182	24 951.62	6312.23	5 690 019.79	981 037.89
	Accounts officer	8	12 713.37	1147.88	110 889.97	19 118.96
	Administrative manager	321	24 951.62	6312.23	10 035 694.25	1 730 292.11
	Artisan	12	12 713.37	1147.88	166 334.96	28 678.44
	Audiologist	5	28 076.66	7741.47	179 090.64	30 877.70
	Biomedical engineer	1	28 076.66	7741.47	35 818.13	6175.54
	Biomedical scientist	856	28 076.66	7741.47	30 660 318.25	5 286 261.77
	Biostatistics assistant	37	12 713.37	1147.88	512 866.12	88 425.19
	Biostatistics officer	203	24 951.62	6312.23	6 346 560.54	1 094 234.58
	Catering officer	4	18 113.43	2002.10	80 462.14	13 872.78
	Clinical engineering manager	2	28 076.66	7741.47	71 636.26	12 351.08
	Community health nurse	8013	14 305.64	6879.82	169 759 053.27	29 268 802.29
	Community mental health officer	7	20 382.02	2178.17	157 921.32	27 227.81
	Dental clinic assistant	4	14 305.64	4994.35	77 199.94	13 310.33
	Dietician	52	28 076.66	13 276.81	2 150 380.69	370 755.29
	Dispensing Assistant	382	14 305.64	4994.35	7 372 594.35	1 271 136.96
	Driver	11	8923.20	636.30	105 154.50	18 130.09
	Electrical engineering manager	1	28 076.66	7741.47	35 818.13	6175.54
	Enrolled nurse	9883	14 305.64	6879.82	209 375 854.67	36 099 285.29
	Environmental health assistant	4	14 305.64	6879.82	84 741.82	14 610.66
	Environmental health officer	3	18 113.43	1291.64	58 215.21	10 037.11
	Estate manager	5	24 951.62	6312.23	156 319.23	26 951.59
	Executive officer	79	18 113.43	2002.10	1 589 127.19	273 987.45
	Field technician	530	14 305.64	5433.55	10 461 768.40	1 803 753.17
	Finance officer	97	20 382.02	2178.17	2188 338.24	377 299.70
	Health assistant	4	12 713.37	4828.77	70 168.57	12 098.03
	Health educator	27	24 951.62	6312.23	844 123.82	145 538.59
	Health planner	15	24 951.62	6312.23	468 957.68	80 854.77
	Health research officer	9	24 951.62	6312.23	281 374.61	48 512.86
	Healthservice administrator	2	24 951.62	6312.23	62 527.69	10 780.64
	Hospital orderly	27	8923.20	3389.20	332 434.72	57 316.33
	Hospitality manager	1	24 951.62	6312.23	31 263.85	5390.32
	Human resource manager	34	24 951.62	6312.23	1,062,970.73	183 270.82
	Internal auditor	9	24 951.62	6312.23	281 374.61	48 512.86
	IT manager	8	27 607.33	3937.28	252 356.85	43 509.80
	Laboratory assistant	170	12 713.37	4994.35	3 010 311.58	519 019.24
	Laboratory technician	210	20 382.02	3505.41	5 016 360.26	864 889.70
	Mechanical engineer	2	24 951.62	6312.23	62 527.69	10 780.64
	Medical officer	967	42 077.34	41 167.08	80 497 354.14	13 878 854.16
	Medical physicist	11	20 382.02	7741.47	309 358.38	53 337.65
	Midwifery officer	201	28 076.66	7741.47	7 199 443.89	1 241 283.43
	Nursing officer	4708	28 076.66	7741.47	168 631 750.39	29 074 439.72
	Nutrition officer	648	28 076.66	14 879.19	27 835 390.15	4 799 205.20
	Occupational therapist	10	28 076.66	14 879.19	429 558.49	74 061.81
	Optician	13	20 382.02	8422.25	374 455.50	64 561.29
	Optometrist	65	28 076.66	7741.47	2 328 178.37	401 410.06
	Pharmacist	229	30 035.11	35 973.47	15115 964.36	2 606 200.75
	Pharmacy technician	5	30 035.11	8422.25	192 286.80	33 152.90
	Physician assistant	606	28 076.66	17 168.30	27 418 442.73	4 727 317.71
	Physiotherapist	56	28 076.66	14 879.19	2 405 527.54	414 746.13
	Physiotherapy assistant	237	14 305.64	5433.55	4 678 187.00	806 583.97
	Procurement manager	17	24 951.62	6312.23	531 485.37	91 635.41
	Public health officer	60	28 076.66	7741.47	2,149,087.73	370 532.37
	Quantity surveyor	2	24 951.62	6312.23	62 527.69	10 780.64
	Radiographer	55	28 076.66	7741.47	1 969 997.08	339 654.67
	Receptionist	1	8923.20	636.30	9559.50	1648.19
	Records assistant	453	7047.37	636.30	3 480 702.51	600 121.12
	Registered Dent. Surgery Assistant	229	20 382.02	5619.86	5 954 430.02	1 026 625.86
	Security guard	6	13 831.38	1248.82	90 481.20	15 600.21
	Sonographer	48	28 076.66	7741.47	1 719 270.18	296 425.89
	Staff cook	2	28 076.66	1147.88	58 449.07	10 077.43
	Staff midwife	2884	22 174.41	11 951.07	98 417 888.86	16 968 601.53
	Staff nurse	8929	22 174.41	6114.07	252 587 798.28	43 549 620.39
	Statistician	15	24 951.62	6312.23	468 957.68	80 854.77
	Stenographer secretary	1	18 113.43	1291.64	19 405.07	3345.70
	Supply officer	42	18 113.43	1291.64	815 012.98	140 519.48
	Technical Officer	2364	20 382.02	5619.86	61 468 439.12	10 598 006.74
	Technician	14	12 713.37	4438.46	240 125.56	41 400.96
	Technologist	9	22 174.41	6114.07	254 596.28	43 895.91
Temporary employment	Contract tracers	1000	1800.00	–	1 800 000.00	310 344.83
	Overall	45 107	1 506 964.98	478 641.02	1 238 753 042.53	213 578 110.78

Bank of Ghana exchange rate used: US$1 =GH¢5.8, year=2020.
TAR, Total Annual Remuneration cost.